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International Women's Hackathon 2019

According to data compiled by virtual event solutions company, Evia, women make up less than 20 percent of U.S. tech jobs, even though they make up more than half of the U.S. workforce. They earn only 28 percent of computer science degrees, and only 25 percent hold computing jobs. Many young people don’t even know what they can achieve with technology and young girls, especially, might be put off because they believe it to be abstract and gendered.

HackerEarth began as a talent assessment solution for connecting recruiters to the right candidates and has expanded over the years into innovation management. HackerEarth has done over 2000 hackathons till date in collaboration with enterprises, universities, nonprofits, and governments. HackerEarth's community of over 2.5 million developers has created over 50,000 ideas and prototypes.

International Women's Hackathon is HackerEarth's annual all-women hackathon. 2019 sees the 5th edition of IWH, where thousands of women innovators from around the globe come together to build ideas into reality, and take them to the next level. The themes for IWH 2019 are:

Voice Apps

AR & VR

Financial Services

Blockchain and distributed economy

Enterprise software

Open Innovation

This hackathon aims to usher in a new era of women-led innovation. This edition of International Women’s Hackathon does not only advocates women empowerment but is also focused on showcasing how women can drive the tech industry ahead.